Billy Kay speaking Ayrshire Scots

Billy Kay is a Scottish writer and broadcaster born in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1951. He has produced programmes and documentaries on Scottish culture and language for the BBC for several decades and has written several renowned books, most notably Scots: The Mither Tongue, among others such as The Scottish World. In this video, he speaks about his life experience and the Scots language in his native Scots dialect of Ayrshire.

[@lairdkilbarchan]

For anyone who's interested, Billy's documentary "Mither Tongue" is available on the Irvine Valley History CZcams channel.

[@MrLaizard]

First Footlball League to be founded outside the British Isles was the Argentine Football League, that all done by scotsman Alexander Watson Hutton

[@CambyBolongo]

I'm fae Mauchline. I grew up speaking the modern version of scots which is a weird mix of slang, corrupted words, americanisms and normal english. I can understand proper Scots like this because my grandparents spoke it. Its sad to see this language tradition fade with the older generations. Same with the food!

[@TheEggmaniac]

This is braw Billy. Coud ye dae mair like this please. Mair on the different bylieds o Scots.

[@sillycookie1982]

Makin me hameseek

[@Salvatore_42069]

My ancestors were from Ayrshire. Cool accent

[@WhateverSoothes]

‘is is a braw byleid o the Scots leid

[@naradaian]

Its all arse, when he grew up he spoke normally like a’ the rest o us.
As a way of paying the mortgage its perfectly legal but its a’ crap
I ken his cousin and even they laugh at him. Naebody in Muirkirk talks like him and thats usually sed to be the village most true to Burn’s tongue
I guess he is an actor

[@Motofanable]

Only problem I have with it,is that it is called the Scots, this is literary cultural appropriation.

[@brianboru7684]

What do you call it? Lallans?

[@jakubolszewski8284]

Why?

[@WhateverSoothes]

Hoo’s at?